December 5, 2014

Understanding Meralco’s Systems Loss Charge

David Celestra Tan 5 December 2014 How much is Meralco charging you for the electricity they buy but lose in their distribution system either through technical or pilferage reasons? Most people think it is about 4.7% which is the only […]
November 17, 2014

Ibaba ng P3 Movement Basis No. 2: Controlling the Transmission Wheeling Charges (No.2 item in Meralco’s bill)

Transmission wheeling charges to Meralco’s captive residential and commercial customers is php0.933 per kwh, P0.36 of which is for ancillary charges (voltage regulation and reserve capacities). The Transmission wheeling charges of concessionaire National Grid Corp. of the Philippines in turn […]
November 6, 2014

P3 Reduction in Meralco’s Rate An Achievable Dream!

87% or P2.60 will not even come from Meralco’s pockets but from various pass-on charges on which Meralco had been claiming for many years they don’t make money and only act as collectors. Generation charge, transmission charge, systems loss, VAT, […]
November 5, 2014

RE FIT-All added to electric bills starting January

from Manila Bulletin by Myrna Velasco, November 4, 2014 Filipino consumers will soon see an additional line item in their electric bills to be labeled as feed-in-tariff allowance (FIT-All) pegged at P0.0406 per kilowatt- hour (kwh). The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) […]